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Fashions in Manners.

There nrc fashions in manners MS there nre
in clothes. and these the New York girl is
sharp as needle at seeing, and clever as n
star actress at adopting. Some years ago that
ugly fashion came in for excitabe manners,
wien the girls talked SO fast and gaspcl so
you felt rs though tho whole female portion
of the town spent its life in running to catch
trains In one week they all broke out in it.
Not girl who was anybody retained her old
form of address. Since then the English man
ner hos come i'll. The use of the broad "a
fell on them like npcstilence. Not an "a" was
left to pursue tho even tenor of its way ull-
nolested The word "lady" was pronounced
bad form and woman" substituted: gentle
men friends" was boycotted, "und men that
know took its place. In n prematurcly short
time the change was effected, and one could
not but believe that it was the work Of years
Now tho languid manner is chic. Tho girls
who gasped and nearly fell into spasms four
years ngo are half asleep to-day You would
not believe they were the same creatures. The
quick turns Of tho head, the rapid gestures Of
The Land, oil, all arc gone into the limbo of
the past, and drowsy, magnificent langor
reigns in their stead. THE Argonaut
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Figuring to Fit Minds,

"Ycs, said down town tailor tho other
Lny fitting people with clothes is just about
as often IL matter of temperament ns it isany-
thing else. We can fit bodies well enough,
but it takes n great deal of skill and hard
work and figuring to fit minds And about
hnlf the time it's the mind that we have to fit
rather than tho body. Somo minds are largo
WASTED and angular at tho same time, and
there is no tailor alive that can get around
them unless he is tremendously agile. Some,
times the minds change after we've measured
them and before tho clothes arc tried Oh. tc
them. Some minds that we have got the
lnack of fitting change their shnpo gradually
as the years roll on, and, with increasing nge
increasing size and added curves and angles,
get so that there is no approaching a fit for
them. There's nothing for them to do insucll
II case but to go to another tailor, aud it's one
of the strongest things in the world that when
they do SO they often resume their normal
proportions in n manner that il almost
miraculous. But, bless you! they'll swell
again, and get SO that they can't be fitted.
"Thc influence of money on the shape of n
mind Is ono of tho things that we have to deal
with. You can trace every additional $50
that man has put in tho bank or invested in
stocks or bonds by some mental protubcrance
or other that you have got to measure around
in making him suit of clothes Yes, it's n
grcut knnck fitting clothes to minds.."-Bos-
ton Transcript
The Dickinson press., 1887-06-25
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES,
colorcl beads arc in great demand for trim

Colorcd beads arc III great demand for trim
mings
short wasted frocks, with long, full skirts,
will c"ntinucto be worn by tiny girls from
t@o TO six years old
AIl shades of browns, especially tho tan
shades dark green, navy md zinc will be
worn for the simplest tailor made suits.
Coral has returned To favor again, and
happy is She who did not exchange her neck
| lace, bracelets, etc, for more modern orna-
lucntS.
Silk bouscs for ncsigo wear at homo ars
mad. lilio til" sailor blouse worn hy children,
with Il rubber III the hem and ,lroopin; below
the waist.
In buying black gloves, ladies, should nj
w';', i,c' :, lie larger than they wear in col
ors, rs ;cl 'ly" shrinl.s the kid more than
o,lr,i' n'lp!S.
Old rns,', ';"rr lrowi,. nnclnonr, n,sinthe
green ;tiI ,'3,;.,.r'llc ribbons are used upon
tin. VIII, l., -, npm being made up for tho
com IT ,ai.4'r.
Lili'. II. .,i,' II win wear Scotch caps of
strip! '. r"l or brown with white,
The i.''' "i.t.., iuf 1t E;trin"nizing color, be-
ius e. ii. wi,it.
In e.. ,:..., tp,.ishu,"rr and tweetls, thero
ar, '.a.i,ip-, g,.,il lo,lsc material, soft
and r' . i.',ll ia'i's; and always in small
figure "i' '!'''- "lrrran grounds
N !""i.5r l.ti: viii le made to revive the
fnsI',A la ;'ri tti;sl towers. tho flower work.
erS nine; h'" l,, distressed by the continued
sue" ,3'..i' and winter, of feathers.
i ;-i.'G :saa: thin wool and cotton dresses
hrr in..'t. W.;!i full sleeves, and for summer
wear t!,'. 'll!' may h" narrow, extending only
part "aE over the nrin, and edged, instead Of
covered, with la'" on open embroidery.
Ostrich Gather, will doubtless be employed
extensively Upon round hats thi.; summer.
They certainly are most graceful trimmings,
anl rs they do NOT neccssitate the destruction
Of III" birds to procure them, there can be no
Objection tu their use.
l'ounccs have quit" tlisapprnrctl; only
narrow plating is admitted upon any dress;
md this is optional for twccls Drapery,
also, is reduced in bulk and weight; and
there is n prospect of living in comfort
through til" warm summer days.
Among tn" spring wraps, ono worthy
Of nrlhion is composed of figured black vel
vet. 1t has short pos'lion back, medium
long, full scarf fronts, claspcl at the neck
n.pi be!o" the waist, slashcd sides and square
sleeves. Lcn:,,h"sc bands of Jet pasSemen-
teii", terminating in tassels, form the garni-
turcS.
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plies He therefore prepared to strike Nc
Clellan at White House, on the Pamunkey.
He sent Ewcll and Stuart to that point to
seize tho railway and war supplies. They
were Il day too late. The stores had been
mostly removed and such as could not bo
carried away We're destroyed. The White
House itself had been burnt The night Of
the 2Stll of June, it suddenly dawncd on Ice
that Mcclellan had changed his base, and
was in retreat to the James, with the inten-
tion of drawing supplies by that way. He
determined to send his army in pursuit at
once.
Then came the next battles in this CHASTITY
serial-the fights OF Aliens Farm and Savage
Station and the affair at Willis church, all
June 90.
With all haste Mcclellan had rctrcatcd to-
ward the james, Ie gave orders that all
supplies which could not Ire quickly conveyed
should be destroyed. Says Gen. Webb, in
the peninsula Campaign:' Lines of fire
marked the camps and d"l'ots of the Union
troops. Millions of rutions, hundreds of tons
of fixed ammunition and shells for the siege
guns We're thus lost"
June 20 McClellan's headquarters were TO-
moved from Savage station to the James
river side of White Oak swamp. The line of
retreat can he seen on the map of the seven
days battle ground. The same day Sumner
abandoned Fair Oaks mud also dropped south
ward, to Orchard station. BY following tho
line of march on the map tho reader will see
that their moves were in IL direction away
from Richmond
"Al, there was Il time for YOU, says one of
the old boys of the army of the Potomac, who
limpS about with IL bullc, wound in his leg,
isot i'll the seven days battle. "Wc used To
fight all day and march all night
$" desperately ncnt on reaching the
Janos was McClcllan tliat he left his sick
and wounded who could not he moved be-
/ hind him in II hospital ut Savage station,
where they would inevitably he taken by the
Confclcratcs.
Sumner and llcntZclman'S corps were at
Aliens farm, near Orchard station, on the
morning of June 20. That morning Lees
army started i'll pursuit of the rctrcating
Fcarrals llugcr and Magrunlcr started out
| MaSrlder by the Williamsburg road, which
led eastward to Savage station, Ilugcr 10y
the Charles City road, which led southeast
ward TO Glendale These and l4ongstrcct am,
y. II. Hill We're to attack on the right, Will,
jackson was to cross the Chickahomuy in
the rear of the Fcdcruls and pursue from th,
north
Mcclellan, in arranging his retreat, had
ordered kcyes to go forward first and take
position on Malvern Hill, near the James
Porter and Franklin wcro to follow, and so
watching the rear and the right, they wcrc
to push on to the James. This was tllt
morning of tho 10Th. Mcclellan himself lla(
already ridden on toward the James, to Sc
! lcct Il suitable position. The heaviest supplies
were already well on the way. Among then
was a drove of $500 beef cattle, which wcr,
got off i'll safety.
| (;cn. .Jancs Longstr,et WIS u Snlth ,nrnlinian
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that jackson still meditated mis-.

impression that jackson still meditated mis-
chief i'll the valley. In reality, he was to
meet the re-enforcemcnts and hurry back with
them to Richmond. Lawton's and Writings
commands were marched out of Richmond
with flourish, care being taken that the
Federals should he aware of it. At Harris
burg Jackson met them June IL, and all
started back to Richmond. The plan was o
complete success, and it was this trick which
for tho third time prevented Mcdowell from
joining tho army of the Potomac.
1t is to be noted that Secretary Stanton
only, of oil the Federal managers, was not de-
ceived by the ruse, but declared that Jack
sons real movement was toward Richmond
Everybody was undcceiveG when, June 26,
Mcclellan hastily telcsraphed that his pickcts
We're being driven i'll north of tho Chicka-
Lominy
Until then, day after day, it had been tele-
graphel to Washington, "All quiet in
the army of the Potomac" So bent on
having additions to his army had Nc
Clelun been that juno 10 he had tele-
graphcd Secretary Stanton, advising
that considerable force be detached from
Halleck's western department and sent to
him. Long before this early in March, Nc
Clelan had been relieved from duty as COM
mander of all the armies of the United States,
unl made commander only of the army of
the Potomac. This was done. it was claimed
by President Lincoln, in order that the
general might give all his time to the war il,
Virginia. Mcclellan regarded ii as Il humilia,
ton, and says: The order proved to be one
of the steps taken to tie my hands in order to
secure tue failure of the approaching cam
pa.,n.' He believed that it c.na.luted from
Secretary Stanton, and was issued out of
spite.
There was at that time 10 commander il,
cliiof y! all the armies. There were three in.
dcppnl,nt departments, with Mcclellan i'll
the as; or Potomac department, Fremont i'll
| th" central onr, called lh" mountain depart
ncn:, and IIalrcl over that west of the
Mississippi, called the department of the
Mississippi.
From the time lie made th"lrilliant cavalry
dash arouul the army Of the Potomac, till the
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PERSONAL MATTERS.

The annual expenses of the popo are about
s,N1o,ooo lire, or S1,544,0 900.
TIL la,c Cardinal Jacobini, papal secretary
Of State, had an income of but 500 per
mouth.
lw"ntv-tlirec ex-Confederates and three
Union soldiers will take their seats in the new
Senate.
y letter recently received by Walt Whit
man from Lord Tennyson began with tho
words, "D,ar Old Man"
Col Fred y. Grant grows to look moro
like his father year by year. He is now 81 or
81 years old, and is Of stout and sturdy
build
Th" Sultan of Morocco, according to tho ac-
count Il year ago, had 5000 wives Now tits
stated that lie has G,OOO He must have got
n';,tl;-'l again lately.
Otly three presidents, besides Mr.. Clevc-
an'i, h:vc had the pleasure of celebrating
'i''ir tt'i"th birthday i'll office. These were
s'',..., Fierce and Grant.
''i.'.tr, Hily" Smith, twice governor Of
VIZ '"in. is lying seriously i'll ut Warren
,"A.. lie is 90 years old. He comes of q
noted ,iuelimg family, and has gone out with
his man OH more than one occ;,son
Tony Barrios, son of the late president Of
Gualcmala, is n student ut West Point, and
young Zarala, son of the man who ovcrthrew
md caused the death of President Burros is
ul-o ut West Point and his cl;,sslnntc.
Sin Charles Young, the author of ".Jim, tho
lrnuam retrieved his family fortunes by liv-
in, i'll scclusion when he came of age. Tho
brilliant dialogue of tho play is said to be no
unfair echo of his OWL brilliant conversation.
The three oldest lawyers in Boston are
Samuel Il. Scwall, Sidney Bartlett and John
e.. Park. Mr.. BARTLETT though long since IN
orosenarian, is still in very active practice
and is constantly consulted for advice in I'M
Whtant transactions.
In tho class of 81 at Yalo college Chief
Justice Waite Senator Evarts, Edwards
lirrrrpont, Chaunceys Goodrich, Professor
Siiiman and $. j. Tildcn wrrc fellow mem-
!,r s. Tie cnss also furnished seven dstin
gni>rl college professors and one college
president.
Til" smprror Of China is tho shortest mon
arch in the world except tho baby king Of
Spain, being only 3 feet tn The tallest
monarch in the world is Emperor William Of
Germany, who is 6 feet, just surprising his
great isranclnephew, tile emperor of Russia,
hy on" inch.
AIlan Thorndihn Rice, tho millionaire editor
Of Tile North American Review, has fancy
Ton relics. He has just bought tho suit of
t'phei in which Washington was nttired on
his first inauguration. They are of so,ne Pc
ruliarly fine black silk fabric woven in
France and brought over expressly for tho
president.
Secretary Endicott is now having wires lail
in tho war department building which will
connect the entrance doors with the elevator
The instant the secretary arrives ut the do
partmcnt the wntchman ON duty Will toncl:
the nnnllllciator. Tho "clcva,or man. thus
-s;nallel will at once bring tn. elevator to
the ground floor ready for Mr.. Enlicott to
step right in without pausing to ring tho bell
llIiO lnnSrr mOrtNlS.
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treating. With the great number of Con-
fe,lerates drawing nearer and nearer to his
right, and Jackson's men after him i'll the
rear, this retreat of Mcclellan to the James
was no childs play
June so Mcclellan had reached his new
headquarters at Malvern hill, near tho
James. But tho army of the Potomac had
by no means arrived there. 1t hml yet moro
fighting before it ere it rested OH the James,
In this bloody retreat fighting enough was
done and lives enough We're sacrificed to have
taken Richmond many times over if the Fed
cral generals had only known how to do it,
Three roads leading out from Richmond
intercept tho Quaker roal by which McClel-
Ian retreatcd. When Kcyes began his retreat,
he fortunately discovered m old road rum
ming parallel with the Quaker road He
struck that, and by hurryins his men along
it, reached Malvern Hill speedily. a double
line of troops was thus also formed against
the Confederates. The two routes appear on
the map.
There was constant danger of attack by
the Confederates along tho cross roads, al
ready mentioned, leading from Richmond
namely, the Charles City, Central and Now
market roads. AS soon as Leo discovered
Hill and Longstrcet to recross to the south
side of the Chicknhominy and follow south
and intercept the Felcrals. The Central road
runs into Long Bridge road, and that crosses
the Quaker road. At the intersection of the
Long Bridge and Quaker roads Hill and
Longstreet found part of the Federal forces
y milo further on, at the junction of tho
Newmarket and Quaker roads, McCalrs tlivi~
sion was posted
Then took place tho sixth contest of tho
seven days tighting-the battle of Glendale,
sometimes called also the hattie of Nelson's
Farnr--Nlonday, June 80 1t is called, too,
the hattie of Frazcr's Farm.
In all the stubborn fighting of the PENN
sulu the absence of the commanding general
from SO many of the scvrrcst fights is matter
of note. While his corps commanders, and
i'll some cases division and brigade generals,
We're bearing the hrunt of battle without II
leader as best they might, Mcclellan was apt
TO he off somewhere else, experimenting tho
throwing up of in,rrnchmcnts or the selection
of headquarters or doing, engineers work 1t
was unfortunate for his fame as a military
commander.
On the lrrilnus retreat TO the james le
went ullcnl, to Malvern Hill, t" james river
and tl," gunh"ats During the bloody fight
AT Glr:'dal" the general in chief knew nothing
about ii till late at night. He lad been part
| of the day ut his headquarters at Malvern
Hill and part of the time upon IL gunluat.
| In the battle at Glendale Zen. Philip icarnry
distinguished himself lie Was one of TIN. most
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and IIcintzclnlan at Aliens farm. but was
three times rcpuIsed. Magrlirr went in
| person to Lee to get endorsements in
vain. Lee had ordered !!ugcr and jackson
of somewhere else.
| Magruder's attack ceased. Summers corps
| then moved nearer Savage station
I McClellans destruction Of the chcku-
hominy bridges had retarded tho pursuit hy
jackson, who was on the north side of the
river. He did not get over till the morning
of the 3Oth.
Meantime, on the afternoon Of the Goth,
Magru'lcr again attacked tho Federal forces
around Savage Station. He says he had
l3,oGo men. Thus, with lIuger's division
| pursuing McCIrllan's army, Richmond was
quite drnll,le'l of troops
The Federal forces grouped around Savage
station in the battle Of that name were Frank
ln'scorls, with Smith and Slpclim rs division
commanders. Summers corps, and McCall's
division Of Frankln's corps. H"in'n.man
lad been ordered by Sumner to take position
on the left, but Hcntzcman simply withdrew
| his corps, and took no part in tlc battl" of
| Savage Station. He said there was not room
! for so many troops, so he destroyed the stores
! nt Savage station and started for the james.
| 1t was we'll known that there was no love
/ lost be, wccn IIentZeman and Sumner.
Lee had expected jackson to take part i'll
| the action at Savage station, hut Jackson lad
not yet been able to rebuild the Grapevine
bridge and so Magru'lcr fought alone. At
$50 Magruder bro right his forces into uction.
! With them was the peculiar lflcl cannon
I which the Confe,l.rates called the Land Mrr-
rinac." Ii was mounted upon car, and the
4 front of il wGs covered with n sloping iron
roof, from which Shots ratified harmcssly off.
/ The sides were protected with armor plate,
over which was another covering of heavy
wool
Just before sunset Magruler Confederate
made rush for the Union forces at Savage
station The Land Merrimnc" was used
with great effect. They We're met with
heavy fire from the Union line Then for
! half an hour there was nothing but roar and
smoke and deadly fire. At the end of that
They gave way, fell back and left the road to
White Oak swamp open for the Federal re-
treat to the James, The retreat was con-
! tnued as soon as the wounded could he
gathered up, and Summers and Frankln's
i corps went on their way, through White
Oak swamp, leaving behind them Savage
/ Station, with its huge hospital of sick and
wounded and its medical stores. This was
McCiellan's order. 1t fell into the hands Of
! StoMcwal Jackson next morning, with its
! $500 men.
In the battle of Savage station the Con-
fetlerates lost 900 men, the Fe1erals 5000.
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a Car Drivers Fate.

"You fcllah, he exclaimed as he followed q
street car down to jefferson avenue and
shook his fist at the driver
"What ails you!' was the gruT query
"Bchod me! See this collah-this shirt
bosom-thcse pnwnts"
~ sec. You have been splashcd with mud n
Sand You did it, sah-you arc the felah!
was crossing the street back heah and was
about to meet pwcty gurl--a pwcty gurl,
sab, and slle would havo returned my bwow,
sah-my bwow, when you came along with
your old canary colored vehicle and dashed
this mud over me--ovcr me, sah"
"And You didn't get to bow to the girlN
"No, sab, Of course not! How could l, sab,
when l was made widiculous in her eyes:
And it was you, sah--you are the fellahln
well, what Of it.'
Nothing, sah-nothing except that shall
ncvah recognize you as gentleman, sab
ncvah, sah 1 shall give you tho cold cut
the direct cold cut, sah!''-Detroit Free Press.
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LABOR NOTES.

The unions rejoice that the Maryland pen
iteMtary has abolished shoemaking.
Sip carpenters will form Knight Of
Labor national assembly at Philadelphia
jam |.
II is said that the Central City coal mines
Will A"t employ miner who will not agree
I" have nothing to do with the knights of
Labor.
Tie Fail River, Mass, spinncrs will prob
ably postpone action concerning demand
for AN advance in wages until after April 1.
Tlp ul.;tiiHel silk dyers of Paterson, N. j.,
Will start a cooperative factory in few
'i;!rs.
Of late years, on account OF strikes, thirty.
five sloc Manufactories have been removed
from Massachusetts TO either Maine or New
Hampshire. They employ S,l55 hands, pay
in them >:;;.52l 900 and manufacturing
$o+:5,~o worth Of goods per year. They
have paid in wages since leaving Massachu-
sets the sum OF ST., 900 and the grand
tot.;l Of production by them all has been
Sil,%!';,ooo These figures really represent
Only portion oil the loss that has been in
fictcd on one industry alone i'll Massachusetts,
since 1879.
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re ranged in a semicircle

tho Fifth Federal EITz JOHN PORTER llSs7.
corps on the north se of the Chickahoniny,
There We're $4,000 Union troops, while the
Confelerates, with the rccnforccmcnts con-
Stamtly coming up, numbered not less than
$1,000
The Federal troops engaged We're Sykes
and Morclrs divisions of three brigarS each.
The fight of the 9Th is also sometimes called
the battle of Cold Earhor.
y. 7. Hill made an attack and then with
lrcw somewhat. He kept up u half fight for
two hours, waiting for l.ongStroct and Jack
son. About 4 O'clock Sloncwul Jackson ar
rived, and at once engaged i'll battle with all
his force. The Confederate forces in the
fight at Gaines Mills We're the divisions of
the two Hills, Longstrcct, Branch, Ewell and
Whiting. The battle roarc,l and thln,lcrctl
from 9 o'clock till after sunset Here was
some of the bloodicst fighting of the war.
Mems lives We're no moro than II flash of
powder.
Desperate efforts were made to brcal, Por-
ter's line Regiment after regiment of Con-
fcdelatcs We're rolled against it and rccoic,l
under the deadly fire that met them. Yet
others came, rs though they sprnng from the
ground. Ewcl, from ID. H. Hills left, led
. one advance. AS he came upon the ground
his men met two regiments beaten backward
and flying.
"Wc'rc whipped, you can't do anything
they shouted to Ewcll's men"
SECT out of the way, We'll show you,' an
Swerel the new comcrs.
But even they could not break the line.
They We're hard pressed, when suddenly 1000
Gcorgians, under Lawton, rolled up to their
aid. "lIurrah for Georgia. shouted Ewell's
men.
Meantime, on the south side of the chicka.
honiiny, in the Federal camps scene was
passing which nobody afterwarl felt proud
of. Richmond was largely rmpti",l of troops
Across the Chickahominy, within call, wcr,
th" corps of Franklin, Sumner, kcyes
lIcintzclman. Porter, hard pressed, sent te
his commander for rc-cnforcnlcnts McClcl
Ian, thinking he had IL great force in front OF
him, only sent one division, SIocum's, OF
Franklin's corps
Masruder was practicing his Yorktown
trick of making n prcat noise, md shny,
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n Lucky Investment.

Tho life cream of Lowell lady has been
that tnr nIn'.er 212, ,15l was to be her lucky
number. Some years ago she invested q
small amount of money in letters patent
bearing the favorite number 272,15l. She
claims the purchase was mado to assist the
inventor, who lost his health in the late war,
rather than for .~ own speculation, nowith-
standing her belief in the number. After
years Of patient waiting she has been assured
by somc Of the best judges in the state that
she had chosen lucky number, as it appears
today that the goods which the patent COW
ers arc of considerable valuc.-Boston Jour.